Cash-register.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

T. GARNEY.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1901.

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wiweooclo No. 789,526. PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

I T. OARNEY.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1901 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

wM mwwo UNITED STATES Patented May 9, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS OARNEY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL OASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORA- TION OF NEIV JERSEY.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,526, dated. May 9, 1905.

Application filed June 26, 1901. Serial No. 66,163.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS OARNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

IWIy invention relates to improvements in cash-registers. It has particular relation to so-called key-operated cash-registers which are provided with printing-type, so as to print the amount of the key operated upon an inserted check or paper strip.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a cash-register of the general style as patented to me on the 23d day of May, 1893, No. 497,860, and provided near the front end of the keys with the printing devices which form the subject of my present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation view of the endless inking-ribbon and its feeding devices. Fig. A is a front elevation showing the index numbers and characters on the front of the hinge lid or cover which lies immediately under the keys.

In the drawings the numeral 5 indicates the value or operating keys of the cash-register; 6, the universal bar which overlies all the keys and is given a definite movement with each operation of the machine. Resting upon the end of each key is a vertical tablet-rod 7, bearing the usual indicating-tablet 8. The registering movement of the keys is transmitted through the lifting-plates 9 to the registeringsegment 10 and thence to the counter in the usual manner and all as shown and described in my said patent, to which reference may be had for a more detailed description.

There is one printing-type for each valuekey, those actuated by the dollar-value keys being designated by the numeral 11, the balance being designated 12, except as to the characterprinting keys hereinafter referred to.

Each printing-type is carried upon the front end of a bell-crank-actuating lever 13, which is pivoted upon the transverse shaft 14, which is fixed in the frame of the machine. The upper end of each actuating bell-crank lever is provided with an operating-slot 14:, the upper part of which is described upon an arc struck from the center of the pivoted shaft 15 of the actuating-keys. The lower part of each actuating-slot is offset at an angle, as shown.

Secured to each key and extending to the right therefrom is one of a series of studs L6. The stud of each key projects through and plays in the slot of its cooperating type-actuating lever. Under the construction thus described it is evident that the first part of the movement of the value-key will not move its type-actuating lever, and, indeed, the latter is not moved until the stud 16 passes into the lower or offset part of the actuating-slot. At that time the upper end of the type-actuating lever 13 is swung forward, and consequently the printing-type upon its front end is swung downward, so as to press the endless inkingribbon 17 against whatever may have been inserted under the said printing-type.

In order to save the type from wear, I prefer to place below them a block or plate 18, of rubber. fiber, or other suitable material, in the usual manner. This block preferably extends the full width of the series of value-keys and is supported in a suitable box or recess 19, formed in the frame of the machine.

As shown in Fig. 3, I provide the endless inking-ribbon 17, which passes over the roller 19 at the left-hand side of the cash-register and over the feed-roller 20, thus forming two parallel horizontal bands between which the printing-types are located. In order to feed the inking-ribbon intermittently, the roller 20 is journalcd upon the front end of the feeding-shaft 21, which is journaled in brackets 22 and 23. In front of the rear bracket and on said shaft there is secured a ratchetwheel 24. Adjacent to this wheel and between it and the rear bracket is the pawlcarrying lever 25, to which is pivoted the feeding-pawl 26, which engages with the ratchet 24%. It is evident that if the pawl-carrying lever be reciprocated acertain distance it will turn the endless inking ribbon a certain amount at each operation of the cash-register. l accomplish this result by securing an arm 27 to the universal bar 6 and extending it forward and curving it downward, so that the upper inclined end 28 of the pawl-carrying lever lies directly in its path. Vhen now the value-key is operated, the universal bar 6 is raised in the usual manner, which swings the arm 27 downward, thereby sliding the pawl-carrying lever 25 to the right and feeding the inking-ribbon, as will be readily understood.

The spiral spring 29 on the feeding-shaft 21 is attached to the lixed rear bracket 22 at one end and at the other to the pawl-carrying lever 25. Said spring operates to hold the pawl-carrying lever 25 at all times against-the arm 27, whereby the pawl-carrying lever returns to normal position simultaneously with the universal bar 6.

In order to protect the inking-ribbon and printing device and other operating parts from dust, &c., l have provided a lid 30, which is hinged horizontally and transversely on the machine at 31.

A supporting-link 32 is pivoted at one end to the lid and has its other end notched, as shown in Fig. 2, to cooperate with a pin 33, which is secured to the fixed frame of the cash-register. The lid may thus be supported in its open position (shown in broken lines) while the machine is being cleaned or the inking-ribbon renewed.

The printing-types and cooperating mechanism thus far described are provided for the purpose of printing upon a card which maybe slipped in under the type through a slot just above the table 34 the amount of the operated value-key. It will benoted in this connection that the actuating-levers 13, which cooperate with the dollar-keys which are at the left-hand end of the keyboard are longer than the actuating-levers which cooperate with the keys of lower denomination. The types 11 therefore, of the dollar-keys will print upon the inserted card a greater distance from its edge than will the types 12 of the keys of lower denomination. If, therefore, the operator wishes to register and to print upon the inserted card an amount-say two dollars and fifty centshe inserts the card over the table 34 until it strikes the stop wall 35 and then presses the two-dollar key, which prints $2 upon the card. He then moves the card to the .right until it is under the 50 key, which he then depresses, and .50 is printed on the card immediately after the $2.

For some purposes it is desirable to distinguish the dilferent items printed upon the card, so that the auditor or cashier can tell to what class of transactions each of the items printed on the card relates, and to this end I have provided the two character-printing keys 36 and 37, which have designating-buttons upon their front ends marked C and W,

respectively. Each of these at its rear end is pivoted upon a short transverse shaft 38, and between their ends each has a forwardlyextending arm 39, upon the under side of the front end of which is carried its printingtype, which corresponds to the designatingnunieral upon its finger-button. The printing-types of the value-keys and of the character-keys are preferably arranged in the same horizontal plane, as shown in Fig. 2; but the character-keys are disposed so as to print even farther from the edge of the inserted card than the dollar-value key, so that by printing upon the card by the operation of the character-keys in addition to the valuekey the designating character can be printed before any amount, as,for example, C 25 or XV .75.

The character-keys are provided where the machine is to housed in establishments where more than one class of transactions are to be recorded. For example, in restaurants items of food might be printed upon the inserted check without any designatingcharacter. ,lf a sale of cigars is made, the character 0 is first printed upon the card, then the amount of the sale, and if wines are sold, the character of the transaction can be indicated by printing the letter \V before the amount. In this manner all of the amounts recorded will be registered upon the cash-register, so that the registering-wheels of the machine will show the total of the days business, and by reference to the inserted cards the proprietor can ascertain the amount and character of any and all of the individual transactions that comprise the days business.

As shown in Fig. 2, the front edge of the lid 30is bent downward, and there is inscribed upon it an index, such as shown in Fig. a, for the purpose of indicating to the clerk or the person operating the machine where to insert the card in order to have the amount printed upon it at the desired place.

The character-keys 36 are movable in the slots 40 in the lid 30, and so that the lid may be raised without striking the linger-buttons on the character-keys the latter are formed in two pieces, (see Fig. 2,) which are united by a dovetailed joint 4L1, and when it is desired to raise the lid the front end of the key is simply separated from the balance of it at the dovetailed joint. \Vhen the lid is lowered again, the front end of the key can be readily replaced.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a cash-register, the combination with an operating-key, of a lever carrying a type, a platen and a slot-and-pin connection between the key and lever for causing the latter to be operated to make an impression only during a part of the movement of the former.

2. In a-cash-register, the combination with a plurality of keys arranged in banks, of a series of pivoted levers also arranged in banks; the levers of the diiferent banks being of different lengths, printing-types upon said levers, and means connecting the keys of the several banks to their respective levers.

3. In a cash-register the combination With pivoted value-keys and a platen, of a bellcrank-actuating lever cooperating with each value-key, a printing-type carried by one arm of said actuating-lever, the rear end of said actuating-lever being provided With a slot which, to some extent, is described upon an arc struck from the pivotal center of the valuekeys, and a stud or pin carried by each valuekey, and cooperating With the slot of its respective actuating-lever.

4. In a cash-register, the combination With a series of pivoted keys, of a series of pivoted levers carrying types, means for connecting the keys and levers, a pivoted member common to all of the pivoted keys, an endless inking-ribbon, and an operating device having a cam edge engaged by the common key member for feeding the ribbon.

5. In a cash-register the combination with a platen of three series of keys, namely: dollar-value keys, value-keys of lower denominations and character-keys, of printing-types connected with and operated by said keys respectively, a stop Wall adjacent to the platen, and a means whereby each of the three series of keys will strike the platen at a different distance from the stop-wall.

6. In a cash-register, the combination with a series of keys,.of a series of printing devices connected to the keys and arranged in banks, and a check-stop located at diflerent distances from the types of the difl'erent banks.

7. In a cash-register, the combination with operating mechanism, of a series of type-carriers operated thereby and arranged in groups, and a check-stop arranged at different distances from the types of the respective groups.

8. In a cash-register, the combination with an operating mechanism, of a movable guard for the same, and a key passing through said guard and formed with a removable portion whereby the guard may be opened after said portion has been first removed.

9. In a cash-register, the combination with an operating mechanism, of a hinged guard for the same, and a key passing through said guard and having a detachable portion which when removed permits the guard to be opened.

10. In a cash-register, the combination with an inclosing casing, of a pivoted key-lever located in the casing and carrying a printingtype, and an operating finger-piece for said key-lever projecting from the casing and detachable from the key-lever at will.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS CARNEY.

IVitnesses:

IRA BERKSTRESSER, WV. MCCARTHY. 

